Research InterestsLiterary and Cultural TheoryTheatre and Performance StudiesHistory of Singapore Theatre

Academic QualificationsPh.D., 1999 University of Cambridge, EnglandM.Phil., 1998 University of Cambridge, EnglandM.A., 1994 National University of SingaporeDip.Ed., 1990 National University of SingaporeB.A., 1987 National Taiwan University, Taiwan

Dr Quah studied at National Taiwan University and received his PhD from the University of Cambridge. He joined the National Insittute of Education in 1999, specializing in Drama-in-Education for the teaching of Chinese. In 2003, he was transferred to the newly established School of Humanities & Social Sciences in NTU to help set up the Division of Chinese. He was Deputy Head, Chinese (2003-2007), Acting Head, Chinese (2007-2009), Head, Chinese (2012-2014).

Dr Quah is actively involved in the arts scene and civil society in Singapore. He is a founding member of The Tangent, a civil society group in Singapore and the founding editor of its journal. He serves on boards and committees in various Ministries and Statutory Boards, Non-Governmental Organisations, and Arts Institutions.

Dr Quah is the author of Gao Xingjian and Transcultural Chinese Theater, a critically acclaimed book on the first Nobel laureate writing mainly in the Chinese language. The book was originally published by Hawaii University Press (2004) and republished in Chinese translation (Hong Kong, 2016). His other publications include Scenes: A Hundred Years of Singapore Chinese Language Theatre 1913-2013, and Keywords: Critical Terms for Chinese Literary Study (co-authored). He is also the general editor of The Complete Works of Kuo Pao Kun (10 vols.).

Research Interests

Literary and Cultural TheoryTheatre and Performance StudiesHistory of Singapore Theatre